VoxBlast 3D Measurement and Volume Visualization Software
VoxBlast is a fully featured 3-D digital imaging application for science, engineering and medicine. It offers 3-D Measurement, 3-D Volume Visualization, and 3-D Rendering.VoxBlast is a volume rendering program written and maintained by the University of Iowa's Image Analysis Facility. It was designed as a general purpose rendering application for research. It accepts stacks of registered 2-D images and creates 3-D projections from any viewpoint using an alpha blending or surface rendering algorithm. It includes tools for pseudo- coloring, transparency, lighting, 2-D and 3-D measurements, 2-D slice viewing, cropping, seed fill, movie loop generation, filters, palette editing, surface extraction, polygon rendering, etc.
VoxBlast Features and Benefits
Feature |
Benefit |
| The same program runs on different platforms: IBM PC with Windows 9X/NT; Macintosh; and UNIX (only SGI). | Our VoxBlast program works on most computer platforms. Also, if you buy multiple copies on different machines, there learning curve to move to a different machine is reduced. |
| VoxBlast UNIX is network friendly. It is written in Motif and X11 and includes VoxNet, a Sockets based protocol for distributing resources on a network. | You can buy one copy of VoxBlast and everyone in your institution can use it. By distributing processing functions, you can maximize your network resources and work efficiently. |
| VoxBlast is measurement oriented. VoxBlast was designed from the beginning to let the user easily extract precise information from volumetric data. With VoxBlast you can do fractional slice interpolation (correct 3D measurements are impossible without this), calculate volumes in 3 different ways, get true 3D distances, areas and angles on a 3D surface, generate a standard set of 2D and 3D statistics, historgram, profile and depth plots, etc. | Most 3D progams on the market were written for visualization. Getting accurate 3D measurements from them can be difficult. VoxBlast will give you precise measurements of volumeric data. |
| VoxBlast includes a standard set of features for exploring 3D data sets including: viewing from any angle, transparency, pseudocolor with 16 million colors, 2 lighting models, scripting functions with a propriety scripting language (VoxTalk), 2D cutting plane at any angle, clipping plane at any angle, palette editor, movie loop generation, data set resizing and resampling, flood fill and auto segmentation, and much more. | These features let you extract information from a 3D data set that would be difficult to obtain by simply viewing the individual 2D images. You can view internal details while maintaining a perspective of the whole volume, thus gaining a new appreciation of the relationships in the data. These features also let you make beautiful images for publication. |
| VoxBlast has two rendering engines: an alpha based renderer for transparency effects, and a polygon renderer for surface rendering. You can extract surfaces from volumes in VoxBlast (2 1/2D and full 3D) which can be rendered with the polygon renderer or exported to CAD programs. You can overlay voxel images on polygon images and vise versa. | The two rendering engines give you great flexibility in how you display your data. Use the alpha renderer for transparency effects and viewing internal details; use the polygon renderer for exploring surface details or modeling functions. The merge capability gives you a powerful tool for combining data sets, e.g. a PET scan and an MR scan, or drill holes and seismic data. |
| VoxBlast lets you write your own modules and compile them into the program. | VoxBlast's extensible architecture means you can concentrate on adding the functions you need without having to write all the code for handling the 3D volume. |
| VoxBlast is fully supported with frequent upgrades, provided at no charge for the first six months from the date of purchase. Ater the first 6 months, Maintenence (new releases and ongoing phone support) is 10% of the software. | VoxBlast's development and support team is responsive to your needs. We listen to our customers and include their suggestions in upgrades. |
The VoxBlast application is available in several versions: VoxBlast for UNIX VoxBlast Express for Windows VoxBlast for Macintosh VoxBlast RealTime (see description below) VoxBlast Light 3.0 (see description below)